I have in the past managed java to work with Mozilla through unconventional methods. I have never managed java to work with Konqueror. Today, I have managed java to work with both Konqueror & Mozilla through conventional methods.

First, create (as root) a "java" subdirectory in the /usr directory. Download the self-extracting (not RPM) file of j2re-1_4_2 from Sun. Move (as root) the file to /usr/java. Cd (as root) to the /usr/java and issue the following 2 commands:

chmod a+x j2re-1_4_2-linux-i586.bin
./j2re-1_4_2-linux-i586.bin

Read the instructions and choose "yes" to untar it. When done, issue this command:

ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/bin/java java



Now, to set java to work with Mozilla, issue (as root) this command:

ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /*/libjavaplugin_oji.so
*Your Mozilla plugin directory

To set java to work with Konqueror, make (as user) path to java executable (KDE Control Center->Internet->Web Browser->Java):

/usr/java/java

Good luck :-)

Oh man, you're a godsend. I've been fighting with that one for awhile now. Worked like a charm with MozillaFirebird.

mr_ouija, glad it worked for you.

:-)

shouldn't java show up in the plugins directory when I go to Help -- About Plugins? how do I know if it works?



Edited:

NEVERMIND THIS!

I got it to work...I have Mozilla 1.0 and used ns610 instead and it worked awesome!

tuvok: thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

I had tried following other directions to get java working with mozilla with no luck, tried yours and it works like a charm!!!

it never worked for me... sad.... I'm gona have to try it with mozilla, also I donno if this makes a diffrence or not but the file I got from http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
was named j2re1_4_2_01-linux-i586.bin
I dono if this made a diffrences or not, if so please get back to me... haven' no java applet sucks

flimzzy,

You have to be creative; at the time I wrote this post latest java was j2re-1_4_2, the current release is j2re1_4_2_01. So, simply change (just add _01) what needs to be changed.

Good luck.

Tuvok,

Thanks for a great post. I upgraded to Mozilla 1.5 and my Java stopped working. I followed your instructions and everything's fine again.

Cheers,

Ford

I did exactly as you said, but i still have an error message when i try to install LimeWireLinux.bin..

Im RH9, The error is :
Launching installer...

Warning: -Xmx100331648 not understood. Ignoring.
Warning: -Xms16777216 not understood. Ignoring.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.zerog.lax.LAX
at 0x40268e17: java.lang.Throwable.Throwable(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4025bc8e: java.lang.Error.Error(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4025d6b6: java.lang.LinkageError.LinkageError(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4025eb36: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError.NoClassDefFoundError(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x402ad075: gnu.gcj.runtime.FirstThread.run() (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4024fc4c: _Jv_ThreadRun(java.lang.Thread) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x4021c8ac: _Jv_RunMain(java.lang.Class, byte const, int, byte const, boolean) (/usr/lib/./libgcj.so.3)
at 0x08048910: __gcj_personality_v0 (java.compiler=NONE)
at 0x40696a67: __libc_start_main (/lib/i686/libc.so.6)
at 0x080486c1: _Jv_RegisterClasses (java.compiler=NONE)
I think im gonna cry, its been two days im trying to install that application.

Check this... The solution to your prob is in the second post...

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=114921

Thank you, ill try that, i was bored of trying, so i decided to install gtk-gnutella. I like it, it connects to limewire, shareaza etc..

Try dcgui...imho it's the best...

dcgui-qt hands down...there is no argument..

I follwed those steps exactly and it doesnt work. My symbolic links are not being recognised as symbolic links. .for some reason its calling them Windows media files.. .strange I know, so I tried copying the ns610-gcc32 .so to usr/local/mozilla/plugins and now mozilla just crashes with no error messege when I try to load a site that contains java. I removed the old version I had and installed mozilla 1.5 before trying this and I downloaded the java file that is linked in Tuvok's post. .any ideas??

mmm, i did everything you said, but my mozilla wouldn't start mozilla afterwards...i just deleted the symlinks and made them again...and for some reason it works now...
thanks mate
still cant figure out how to get it on konqueror tho...but doesnt realy matter, since i dont use it for internetbrowsing...